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Economical GSM base station using free software
The H Open Source | 21 May 2012, 3:24 pm
Harald Welte's company, sysmocom, has announced sysmoBTS, a GSM base station built with free software that allows private GSM networks to be created
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Introductory ebook for new LPI exam released
The H Open Source | 21 May 2012, 2:50 pm
German company Linup Front has released its teaching materials for the new Linux Essentials exam from LPI as a free ebook. The book aims to cover all the basics of using a Linux-based operating system
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Oracle updates Oracle VM server virtualisation solution
The H Open Source | 21 May 2012, 2:20 pm
Oracle has released version 3.1.1 of Oracle VM Server for x86, its Xen-based virtualisation solution. It includes wizards for generating VMs and server pools, and users can now add virtual CPUs to running VMs
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JavaScript SIP client sipML5 supports audio and video calls
The H Open Source | 21 May 2012, 11:50 am
The software uses WebRTC and can be used in development versions of Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer without needing plugins. It supports multiple calls as well as holding and forwarding
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Chrome passes IE in browser share
The H Open Source | 21 May 2012, 11:12 am
Chrome has passed Internet Explorer in browser share, according to StatCounter's latest numbers, and Firefox's recent downward trend appears to be over
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Mandriva management wants to collaborate with Mageia
The H Open Source | 21 May 2012, 11:06 am
The Mandriva management team is seeking to collaborate with the forked community distribution Mageia in the server field
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Mandriva management wants to collaborate with Mageia - Update
The H Open Source | 21 May 2012, 11:06 am
The Mandriva management team is seeking to collaborate with the forked community distribution Mageia in the server field
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ZTE admits to backdoor in one of its Android devices
The H Open Source | 21 May 2012, 10:05 am
The Chinese handset maker included a program with a hard-coded password in its ZTE Score smartphone which gives root access. The backdoor was discovered after a user posted the credentials on Pastebin
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Perl 5.16.0 now available
The H Open Source | 21 May 2012, 9:39 am
The latest update to Perl improves performance and support for Unicode, makes recursive subroutines easier, and gets stricter about feature bundles
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Linux 3.4 arrives
The H Open Source | 21 May 2012, 7:08 am
Linus Torvalds has released Linux 3.4. The new version brings major changes to the graphic drivers while the new x32 ABI lets developers take advantage of 64-bit CPUs without the 64-bit code overhead
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